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NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional Tickets On-Sale

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 Tickets for the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional, taking place March 13, 14, & 16 at the Ford Center go on-sale tomorrow, March 5 at 10 a.m. (Central). Tickets can be purchased through ticketmaster.com or the Ford Center Box Office. The championship is co-hosted by the Evansville Sports Corporation (ESC) and the University of Southern Indiana (USI). 

Six teams will compete in the Midwest Regional. The #3 vs. #6 and the #4 vs. #5 seeds will play on Saturday, March 13 at 6:00 & 8:45 p.m. The winners will play the #1 and #2 seeds on Sunday, March 14 at 6:00 & 8:45 p.m. The championship game will be played on Tuesday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. 

Selections for the DII Men’s Midwest Regional will be made on Sunday, March 7. The regional champion from all eight regions will advance to the Elite Eight, which will also be held at the Ford Center, March 24, 25, and 27. 

Tickets prices for the Regional: 

Adult Single-Session – $15 

Student/Youth Single-Session – $10 

Military/Senior Citizen Discount – $10 (Available at the Box Office Only) 

The ESC and USI, have worked with the Ford Center, City of Evansville, Vanderburgh County Health Department, and local health officials to develop a comprehensive health and safety plan for the championship. The arena will be limited to 25% capacity with all seating reserved in socially distanced family pods. Pods will be spaced by the CDC prescribed safety distance of at least six (6) feet apart from other seating pods. This buffer consists of the row in front and behind the group being left vacant as well as a minimum of three seats on either side of the pod. All aisleway seats will be left vacant in order to maintain a buffer from patrons as they move to their assigned seating locations. All fans attending the event will be temperature screened upon entering the Ford Center and will be required to wear a face covering/mask at all times. All spectator seats will be sanitized before use and there will be increased sanitization performed in all commons areas. 

The NCAA has implemented an intensive testing program for the championship with participating teams being tested in advance and daily upon arrival. Teams have been given strict guidance on their activities while at the championship and will only be active at the arena and hotel. 

The Evansville Sports Corporation, University of Southern Indiana, Ford Center, and NCAA are excited to welcome everyone to Evansville for championship basketball! 

For additional information regarding the Evansville Sports Corporation, visit evansvillesports.org or contact Eric Marvin at emarvin@evansvillesports.org. 

For media credential requests, please contact Ray Simmons at rsimmons@usi.edu. 

The Evansville Sports Corporation is a 501(c)3 Not-for-Profit with the mission of enhancing Southwestern Indiana’s economy, image and quality of life through the attraction, promotion and development of high profile, signature sporting events.

Gray, Craig key Aces to series-opening win over WIU

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Craig goes 4-5 with three RBI and home run in victory
Getting its offense rolling, the University of Evansville baseball team secured a series-opening win, 11-0, over Western Illinois in eight innings on Friday night at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

“We’ve been looking for a game like this just offensively to be able to pound out 15 hits and for some guys to come alive,” said Evansville head baseball coach Wes Carroll on the offensive resurgence for the Aces in the win. “It was just awesome to see Brent Widder really barrel up two baseballs with two big-time doubles and two RBI. But the player of the game for me is Tanner Craig, just being able to finally go up top. Now the pressure’s finally kind of off. We beat a good team tonight and it was just good that we got the extra hit in an inning to put up crooked numbers. Anytime you get a shutout you’re going to be excited. With Shane Gray on the mound, we know he’s going to compete at a high level and he had to work around a lot of walks.”

On the mound for the Aces, sophomore Shane Gray strung together a pair of impressive innings to get the contest started, walking one. Evansville opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning as freshman Brent Widder doubled to left, scoring fellow freshman Mark Shallenberger and giving the Aces a 1-0 lead. Junior Tanner Craig doubled the Aces advantage in the third, doubling to left field and scoring redshirt senior Troy Beilsmith.

Gray’s spectacular day on the mound continued in the fourth inning as Gray continued to hold the Leathernecks without a hit. In the top of the fifth, Western Illinois tallied its first hit of the game and eventually loaded the bases, all with two outs. Gray got the Aces out of the inning, inducing a groundout to close the fifth.

A walk and back-to-back singles to lead off the bottom of the fifth put Evansville in excellent position to add to its lead. A pair of sacrifice flies by Shallenberger and freshman Simon Scherry in quick succession helped the Aces increase their lead to four heading into the sixth inning.

“I thought the key to the game was, if you look at that fifth inning, bases loaded, him being able to put the goose egg up and then us in the top of our lineup, having six-straight quality at bats and stringing across two runs to extend the game up to four, that’s where I felt the game was won.”

Gray’s day came to a close following the top of the sixth where Gray added a strikeout to his totals.

Two more runs in the seventh pushed the Aces lead to six and Evansville broke the game wide open in the eighth. Senior Kenton Crews opened the inning with a bunt single, beating out the throw. Widder followed, recording his second double of the game and scoring Crews, followed by fellow freshman Max Malley earning a walk.

Sophomore Danny Borgstrom then delivered a double, scoring Widder and Malley to push the Aces lead to 9-0. With a run rule set at 10, Craig came to the plate and ended the game with a two-run blast to left field that earned the Aces an 11-0 win.

Evansville and Western Illinois continue their series with a pair of seven inning games beginning at Noon on Saturday at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

Ormson’s Golden Goal Secures Aces Win Over UNI

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In a Missouri Valley Conference Friday night showdown at Arad McCutchan Stadium, the University of Evansville women’s soccer team came out on top 1-0 in double overtime against Northern Iowa.

During regulation UNI held the lead on shot attempts, 14-4, with five aimed at goal. Junior goalkeeper Lauren Fischer made some clutch saves including a near goal in the 39th minute that was pulled back just in time.

15 seconds into the second overtime of the match, Emily Ormson intercepted a pass back by the Panthers and found a path to get to the open field. Ormson went half the length of the field to find the back of the net to secure the victory for the Purple Aces.

Ormson led the way with two shots, along with Emily Wolak, Abby Phelps, Emily Olson and Maria Alexopoulos all with a shot each.

The victory marks the first during head coach Chris Phau’s second tenure leading the Aces.

Evansville will next see action on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. as they take on Southern Illinois on the road.

USI falls short at Lewis, 2-1

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer fell short to start a two-game road swing, falling to Lewis University, 2-1, Friday evening in Romeoville, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles has a 0-2-0 record at the end of today’s action, while Lewis goes to 1-2-0.

The Eagles were down 1-0 at the intermission after the Flyers scored the lead goal 15:44 into the match.

USI junior defender Colten Walsh got the Eagles onto the scoreboard seven minutes into the second half, knotting the match, 1-1. Walsh posted his first tally of the season off a corner kick by sophomore midfielder Brian Winkler at 52:24.

The Flyers would respond just over a minute later, getting the eventual game-winning goal at 53:52 for the 2-1 win.

The Eagles, statistically, would have control of the match, outshooting the Flyers, 13-10, and sporting the advantage in corner kicks, 5-2.

USI concludes its two-game road swing Sunday when it visits the University of Illinois Springfield for a noon contest. The Prairie Stars enter today’s action 1-0-1 and is hosting McKendree University this evening at home.

USI has an 11-4-1 lead in the all-time series with Illinois Springfield after posting a 3-0 win in 2019. The Eagles have won the last five matches with the Prairie Stars, including a pair of wins on the road.

Indiana Carries Team Lead into Final Day at Big Tens Burns, Fantoni Win Gold on Record-Setting Night

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The No. 8-ranked men’s swimming team scored big points on the fourth night of the 2021 Big Ten Championships on the strength of two historic performances at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on Friday night. The Hoosiers moved into first place in the team standings heading into the final day of action.

100 BACKSTROKE

Senior Gabriel Fantoni won his fourth-straight Big Ten gold medal in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 45.34. In total, the Belo Horizonte, Brazil, native has won six Big Ten gold medals in backstroke events.

 

Senior Jacob Steele narrowly missed out on the silver, but hung on to claim bronze in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 45.81. Freshman Gavin Wight finished 14th out of the Consolation Final with a time of 47.34.

 

100 BREASTSTROKE

Junior Zane Backes swam a collegiate career-best of 51.04 to claim the bronze medal in the 100 Breaststroke, a race that saw the top two finishers go under 51.0 seconds for the first time in the history of the event at the Big Ten Championships.

 

In the Consolation Final, senior Brock Brown finished 15th with a time of 53.39. Senior Gary Kostbade took 18th out of the C Final with a time of 53.53 and freshman Maxwell Reich rounded out the heat with a time of 53.75, good for 20th place.

 

200 BUTTERFLY

Sophomore Brendan Burns was utterly dominant in his second-straight victory in the 200 Butterfly. He touched first with a career-best, NCAA A Cut time of 1:39.22, a Big Ten Championships Meet and Indiana University school record.

 

Also swimming in the Championship Final, senior Corey Gambardella nabbed the silver medal with a career-best time of 1:42.43. Junior Van Mathias secured fourth with a time of 1:43.25.

 

200 FREESTYLE RELAY

The Hoosier team consisting of freshman Tomer Frankel, junior Jack Franzman, junior Brandon Hamblin, and Mathias outlasted the field in the timed final with an NCAA A Cut time of 1:16.24 to win the event for the third-straight season.

TEAM SCORES

  1. INDIANA – 1,036.5 pts.
  2. Michigan – 1,010 pts.
  3. Ohio State – 1,000 pts.
  4. Purdue – 615.5 pts.
  5. Wisconsin – 571 pts.
  6. Northwestern – 554 pts.
  7. Penn State – 496.5 pts.
  8. Iowa – 444.5 pts.
  9. Minnesota – 396 pts.
  10. Michigan State – 149 pts.

    NOTABLES

  • Fantoni has won the 100 Backstroke each of the last four seasons at the Big Ten Championships meet, the first to accomplish the feat since Derya Buyukunca (Michigan) from 1995-98. The last Hoosier to win four-straight in the 100 Back was Mike Stamm (1971-74).
  • He earned the 28th Big Ten gold medal in program history in the 100 Backstroke. The four-straight Hoosiers wins is the longest stretch since winning 13-straight from 1968-1980.
  • Burns joins elite Indiana swimming history as a back-to-back 200 Butterfly Big Ten champ, joining Vini Lanza (2017-19), Mark Spitz (1970-72), Frederick Schmidt (1964-65), and Michael Troy (1960-62).
  • Burns threw down a school and Big Ten Conference Championships record time of 1:39.22, a time that currently ranks second in the nation.
  • Gambardella registered a career-best time of 1:42.53, good for the fourth-fastest performer in program history and the 15th-fastest time swam this season in the NCAA.
  • Indiana has won the last five 200 Butterfly conference crowns, and has won the title 20 times. The five-straight champions marks the longest IU stretch since winning seven-straight from 1970-76.
  • Backes hit a career-best time of 51.04 in the 100 Breaststroke and ranks as the second-fastest performer in program history in the event and currently ranks fifth in the country.
  • For the third-straight season (fifth time overall) the Indiana Hoosiers won the 200 Freestyle Relay. The NCAA A Cut time of 1:16.24 ranks as the third-fastest time in program history and the sixth-fastest time nationally.
  • Frankel led off the relay with a 50 Freestyle split time of 19.42. The time is a career-best mark, an NCAA B Cut standard, and ties him for sixth on the all-timer performer list at Indiana.

FINALS RESULTS

100 BACKSTROKE

  1. Gabriel Fantoni – 45.34 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Jacob Steele – 45.81 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Gavin Wight – 47.34 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

 

100 BREASTSTROKE

  1. Zane Backes – 51.04 (NCAA A Cut, Career Best)
  2. Brock Brown – 53.39 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Gary Kostbade – 53.53 (NCAA B Cut)
  4. Maxwell Reich – 53.75 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

 

200 BUTTERFLY

  1. Brendan Burns – 1:39.22 (NCAA A Cut, School Record, Big Ten Championships Record, Career Best)
  2. Corey Gambardella – 1:42.53 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  3. Van Mathias – 1:43.25 (NCAA B Cut)

 

200 FREESTYLE RELAY

  1. Tomer Frankel, Jack Franzman, Brandon Hamblin, Van Mathias – 1:16.24 (NCAA A Cut)

 

UP NEXT

The 2021 Big Ten Championships will continue on Saturday morning with the final preliminary heats of the weekend. The action will begin with prelims in the 100 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke and 200 Breaststroke at 11 a.m. ET on BTN+.

 

USI falls flat at Trevecca, 11-2

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University of Southern Indiana Baseball fell flat in the in its road trip opener at Trevecca Nazarene University, 11-2, Friday afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee. The Screaming Eagles fall to .500 at 2-2, while the Trojans open the season 1-0.

Trevecca jumped out to the early lead with a tally in the second inning and would increase the margin to 7-0 with six-run outburst in the fifth. The Trojans would seal their victory with a four-run sixth to lead, 11-0.

USI senior right-hander Austin Gossmann took the loss on the mound. Gossmann (1-1) allowed seven runs on five hits and struck out six in 4.2 innings of work during his second start of the year.

The Eagle bats woke up for a pair of runs in the ninth inning before the Trojans closed out their 11-2 win. USI freshman centerfielder Steven Molinet drove in the first run of the ninth with a single to left field, scoring senior designated hitter Manny Lopez, while freshman pinch hitter Drew Taylor drove in the final run of the game with double down the right field line to score freshman pinch hitter Tyler Wheeler.

Up Next for the Eagles:
The Eagles and the Trojans conclude the three-game series Saturday when the pair square off for a 1 p.m. doubleheader. Live coverage can be accessed through GoUSIEagles.com

Following the conclusion of the three-game series at Trevecca, USI remains on the road and opens the GLVC slate March 12-14 with a four-game set at the University of Illinois Springfield. The Eagles don’t return to the friendly surroundings of the USI Baseball Field until March 19-21 when they host Quincy University for a four-game series.

Big second half lifts Eagles over Flyers, 2-0

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer scored twice in the second half to defeat Lewis University, 2-0, Friday afternoon in Romeoville, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles are 1-1-0 after today’s action, while Lewis has its record go to 0-2-1.

The Eagles and the Flyers battled to a 0-0 draw through the first 45 minutes. Lewis had the lead on most to stat sheet, posting a 4-1 lead in shots, while USI had a 2-1 advantage in corner kicks.

The second half was all USI, beginning with the eventual game-winning goal by junior midfielder Madison Cady. Cady picked up her first tally of the season off a pass by senior forward Maggie Winter at 56:51.

The Eagles sealed the victory at 73:18 when sophomore midfielder Jill DiTusa blasted a shot out of the hands of the Flyers goalkeeper. Junior forward Katlyn Andres picked up the assist on the play.

Between the posts, sophomore goalkeeper Maya Etienne posted her first shutout of the season. Etienne faced down seven Flyer shots and had a pair of saves in the 90 minutes of action.

USI concludes its two-game road swing Sunday when it visits the University of Illinois Springfield for a noon contest. The Prairie Stars enter today’s action 1-1-0 and is hosting McKendree University this evening at home.

The Eagles are unbeaten in the series with Illinois Springfield, 9-0-2, following a 3-1 blasting of the Prairie Stars last season.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

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Bill To Benefit ALS Patients Passes Senate

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WASHINGTON – The ALS Social Security Disability Insurance Access Act, introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Senator Tom Cotton and signed into law in December, eliminated the five-month waiting period for Social Security disability benefits for those with medically-diagnosed ALS, because due to the quick and devastating effects of the disease many of those diagnosed do not have five months to wait.

Due to how the Social Security Administration interpreted this law, ALS patients who had already applied for the disability benefits they are entitled to were still being forced to wait the five months. Senator Braun, who co-founded the bipartisan Senate ALS Caucus with Senator Chris Coons, introduced a bill to clarify this issue, which passed the Senate tonight.

“The financial burden of ALS is staggering, and those who are diagnosed have no time to waste,” said Senator Braun. “With this technical fix, which is expected to be signed into law, we will ensure timely access to Social Security disability benefits is available to ALS patients and the ALS Social Security Disability Insurance Access Act fulfills its promise to help those fighting this terrible disease.”

“With this technical fix to the law, we’ll finally ensure that ALS patients get the timely financial support they need,” said Senator Coons. “Speedy access to support programs like SSDI after a diagnosis is essential for patients and their families – and one of the priorities we set when we first launched the bipartisan ALS caucus last year. We must continue to improve the law to make life easier for ALS patients and their loved ones.”

ABOUT ALS:

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the ability of the brain to control muscle movements. Individuals with ALS progressively lose the ability to speak, walk, and breathe.  There is no effective treatment for the disease, no known cause, and—currently—no cure.

ABOUT THE SENATE ALS CAUCUS:

The Senate ALS Caucus founded in January 2020 by Senators Chris Coons, D-Delaware, and Mike Braun, R-Indiana. The Caucus brings together senators from both sides of the aisle who share a commitment to working collaboratively to advocate on behalf of ALS patients and their families to: raise awareness about the difficulties faced by ALS patients and their families; advance policies that improve the quality of life for ALS patients; expand the network of support for those suffering from ALS; and advocate for investments in research that will enhance our understanding of the ca

 COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund Announces $150,000 Welborn Baptist Foundation Match 

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 Evansville, IN – The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region is excited to announce a $150,000 match made available from the Welborn Baptist Foundation. This allows for every dollar you donate to the COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region to be matched dollar for dollar up to $150,000. 

In 2020, Welborn Baptist Foundation graciously supported the fund with a $300,000 gift. These dollars helped to launch the fund, in partnership with a handful of other local organizations, with initial financial and in-kind support. Now, 11 months later, the fund’s positive impact can clearly be seen resulting in Welborn Baptist’s Foundation decision to support the fund again with the match. 

“Our hope was that those “first in dollars” would catalyze broader support and awareness of the fund’s purposes and potential impact. We hope our matching grant will again catalyze broader and confident giving to meet the $6,000,000 goal,” said Pat Creech, Welborn Baptist Foundation Executive Director. 

Currently, more than $5,640,000 has been committed toward the $6 million goal. To donate today, visit www.covidresponsefund.com or text the phrase “dowhatyoucan” to 41-444. Checks will also be accepted at all Old National Bank and Heritage Federal Credit Union branches. Checks should be made payable to United Way of Southwestern Indiana and all donations should reference “COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region (or GERF)” in the memo. Contributions may also be mailed to: United Way of Southwestern Indiana, 318 Main Street, Suite 504, E 

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